Republican Kansas State Senator Tim Owens: "Koch Industries is just a terrible, terrible citizen."

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22. Please don't hold your breath!

It is all a big circle, they get it from their elected officials and then they get it reinforced at the feed store with their pals and then in church on Sunday. Without a presence of another view point, and I mean a BIG and CONSTANT presence, there is no hope. We do not have anyone who is willing to do that, certainly not on their own dime and that is how it has to be, big and constant and on their own dime.

It is going to be hell here for the foreseeable future. I am set to die here so I will have to deal with it somehow. I have to admit, I have entertained the idea of just dropping out of the whole thing. There are so few of us out working for equality and other supposed liberal issues that it has become worse than beating your head against a brick wall. Most of the Dems that are left shut the door in your face without even telling you they will not talk to you (we had much better luck with the moderate Republicans, they seemed to be our main allies) This has been rare. Only the really conservative Dems, and when I say conservative dems I mean those that even the most right here would consider right of them, had done that before but now it is more often than not. Walking the halls with our lobbyist has gone from continual stopping to shake hands and chat to walking quietly through hallways full of people who do not even see you. Still, I can't do it. I have too much Free Stater blood in me to stop chewing on legs.

I guess my old adage about living here, it is a great place to vacation from, is about to become more true than ever.

I wish this state had not been given up on. We are certainly not alone in that. To give up on entire areas seems a crime to me, and STUPID.